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| | Hey guys! I've started writing a 2d platformer game some days ago, and I'm really enthusiastic about it, but I already failed to live up to my own expectations: I just cannot possibly think of a way I could make my character jump. I used the MVC desing is why, … |
| | Hi Guys, I have managed to connect to a laser sensor and get data back from the unit into python however i think i need to decode this data. Below is what i have sent and get back. Console Result:- UDP target IP: 192.168.60.3 UDP target port: 9008 message: FF … |
 | Hi guys. I'm trying to access some User interface files (.glade) which are in a subdirectory. from gi.repository import Gtk import os path=os.getcwd+'/ui/main.glade' def hurr(): builder=Gtk.Builder() builder.add_from_file(path) # get UI file window=builder.get_object('winlet') window.show() hurr() Gtk.main() This works if i use only 1 glade file, but i have multiple .glade files … |
| | For some reason , my code keeps returning a false reply even if the string is in the file. Here's my code: def check(self): self = str(self) if self in config_file: print ('Account exists') if self not in config_file: print ('Account doesn't exist')  |
| | In the pencil-and-paper game, Tic-tac-toe, 2 players take turns to mark 'X' and 'O' on a board of 3x3 squares. The player who succeeds in marking 3 successive 'X' or 'O' in vertical, horizontal or diagonal stripe wins the game. Write a function that determines the outcome of a tic-tac-toe … |
| | I have checked various examples and it appears that my problem is a bit more complex than what I have been able to find. So I'd greatly appreciate your help. I'm a stress engineer and I like to present my results as VRML (WRL) files. I recently discovered how to … |
| | Hey, I'm new to Python, as well as this message board, and I was wondering what some of the most useful and frequently-used commands are. I've so far only learned while, if, print, input # and words, and can make some basic programs only. I've previously had experience in TI83 … |
| | Hey guys I hope you can give some help, I have read alot and cannot come up with a solution. Here is what I'm trying to do, I return a set of values from a web request [[1, 0, 1], [2, 0, 1], [3, 0, 1], [4, 0, 1], [5, … |
| | Write a program that asks the user's name, then prints: Hello, <name>! For example: Enter your name: Tara Hello, Tara! Hint Make sure you give raw_input the same prompt message that is used in the example interaction above.  |
| | Hi,I have a PYTHON Task http://www.jjoseph.org/misc_projects/meter_reading_with_a_webcam and i need to chnage it to C# the Python code is available in the above mentioned task link or http://www.jjoseph.org/files/gasmeter/meterparser.py please help me as soon as possible i am begginer to C# code please responde as soon as possible.Thanks in Advance |
 | I have written the following code for Towers of Hanoi problem using non recursive approach. I guess it is not correct as the number of moves are not 2*n - 1, for eg, for 3 disks to be moved, it has to generate 7 moves. Thanks in advance. ###################### # … |
| | Hi, I am working on Protein and DNA sequences. When you have a protein sequence it can be translated in to DNA sequence in many ways. A nice way to express this is using regular expression. I would like to create this long regular expression for a protein sequence, and … |
 | Well, here is my code: print "Welcome to the English to Pig Latin translator!" original = raw_input("Please enter a word: ") pyg = "ay" if len(original) >= 1 and original.isalpha() word = original.lower() first = word[0] if word == a or e or i or o or u print "Your … |
| | Hi, I want to implement a basic license key verification system into my software. I know the basics of python and pygame, etc, but I've never read anything about implementing this type of drm into my software. Quite frankly, I don't even know where to start. Yes, I understand that … |
| | I am converting a program in python that is written and used on another OS that starts with the letter w. The script as written works on that OS, but on Linux it seems to fall flat on its face. First, I do not have access to any non Linux … |
| | This code was inspired after several discussions on the forum, and I'm especially indebted to PyTony for all of his help with these aspects. The motivation behind this code is quite simple. I wanted a robust, light and general way of storing CSV data that could be used over and … |
| | Hi, I'm very new in Python and I have to write an file interpretor (first ex from university). The file looks like: joker NAME_OF_BLOCK bla bla { block_field abv : bit : R ; block_field acd : byte : RW ; block_field zza : bit : R ; block_field aw … |
| | Does anyone have actual experience with pypdf with version 3.x python ? Maybe I am confused, but looked like only a 2.x version is available. thanks |
| | i have a input file having words "Olympics,Olympics,Olympics" when i try to count them and use function readlines() it count them as 1 rather than 3 !! what should i do !! this is my code def input_files(file): sum=0 #word=raw_input('enter the word you want to search\n') file=file.readlines() for lines in …  |
| | I'm working on some simple socket programming. But I'm not on the most effective way to search for strings once I've assigned buff = skt.recv(some_length). On the client I'm writing currently, I am expecting ASCII strings, like 'mem_usage' 'ip_config' etc. Thanks. |
| | Hello. I'm trying to make a simple language in Python. I have many functions, that handle arguments, and execute the commands. Although, the old way I was actually CALLING these functions was to have a dictionary of all the keywords to functions, and then get() it. Is these an easier … |
| | Hi All, I am a control engineer and i am trying to communicate with a sensor I have spoken to the manufacturer but they cannot help with the python side.I am trying to send a message to the sensor which tells it to connect. The sensors config is ip192.168.60.3 port … |
| | A sparse vector is a vector whose entries are almost all zero, like [1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 2, 0]. Storing all those zeros wastes memory and dictionaries are commonly used to keep track of just the nonzero entries. For example, the vector shown earlier can be represented … |
| | I have a simple class that stores attributes: In [1]: class Test(object): ...: a=10 ...: b=20 I have a function that returns attributes using attrgetter, and it accepts these through the args parameter to allow a user to pass various attribute fieldnames in. For example: In [4]: def getstuff(*args): ...: … |
| | I work in the AV industry and there is a whole set of hardware/software for controlling Ip and serial devices. I'm interested in writing some python code for bench testing projectors and video teleconference unuts, as I think it would be easier and more efficient and a good way to … |
| | I need help writing this program, any hints, help, guidance will be appreciated. The program needs to provide a menu to the user with the following options: Reset the deck Shuffle the deck Cut the deck Cut to a card. Cut against the computer Exit Each of these options must …  |
| | Hey. You all know the game dwarf fortress? I'm pretty sure it uses curses to display it's ascii characters. Although, how can I overwrite the ascii characters with my own font, like dwarf fortress? EDIT: > Post your code and ask specific questions, I can not catch the connection with … |
| | I 've a following query that going to use in python api. SELECT n.FIRST_NAME as "NAME", a.STREET_1 as "ST1", a.STREET_2 as "ST2" FROM SCHE.EMPLOEE_NAME n, SCHE.EMPLOYEE_ADDR a WHERE n.eid=a.eid AND n.estatus='ACTIVE' The above query yields the result cursor().execute(sqlQuery) sqlTupleRows=cursor().fetchall(); sqlQueryReturnedDict={}; for sqlTupleRow in sqlTupleRows: columns=cursor().description ...... Here the column names …  |
| | Hi Pythonist, I write the code in Python for search and replace the text in all XML files at current directory. But I'm unable to find and replace the text `<tex>` as empty in all XML files. Here I want to remove the text: <tex>z_{1 - \alpha }^2 \,\sigma _{{\rm … |
| | Greetings all, I'm trying to crate some symbolic links, provided the link doesn't already exist. To do that, this is what I've done: [icode]if not os.path.islink(dst_dir): os.symlink("src_dir", "dst_dir")[/icode] but still I'm getting [icode]OSError: [Errno 17] File exists[/icode] for an existing link. Any idea what am I missing? another question, how … |
| | How could I make the return command in Python return a list AS a list, and not as a 'programmer' list? For example, for line in list: return (line) But for some reason it only returns the first element in the list, for example: myList = ['1','2','a','b'] for line in … |
| | Hi, I've been having trouble posting a code snipet tonight, I keep getting this error: The code snippet in your post is formatted incorrectly. Please use the Code button in the editor toolbar when posting whitespace-sensitive text or curly braces. My code is running fine in wingware IDE with 4 … |
| | This is a program intended to write text to any file specified var_file = (raw_input('nof$ ') #nof, number of files. try: text = str(raw_input('ttwtf$ ') #ttwtf, text to write to files. print text >>> var_file except ValueError: print "Error: Not a string" main() When the program starts the "`try`" part … |
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| | 0 down vote favorite I have written a code to convert decimal numbers into hexadecimal equivalent. The program prints correct value till '2559'. How to get correct values of hexadecimal for larger numbers. Here is my code: ######################################### # Decimal to Hexadecimal Conversion # ######################################### def DectoHex(n): if n <= … |
| | I'd like to make a dictionary subclass that takes in positional keywords in addition to the standard *args, **kwargs. I found this example on stackoverflow: class attrdict(dict): def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs): dict.__init__(self, *args, **kwargs) self.__dict__ = self a = attrdict(x=1, y=2) print a.x, a.y print a['x'] b.x, b.y = 1, … |
| | Hi, I think I have a pretty simple question but my google searches are giving me more information than I need. I think my terminology is not clear. Let's say I'm making a dictionary to hold a datatype very specific to some filetype or data of interest. Let's say I … |
| | I am a fledgling at best when it comes to programing. I am trying to acclimate myself with Python's date and time functions. Below is a program I wrote to calculate the Sun rise and set times for a given lat, long. What I am hoping to find out is … |
| | I am trying to learn how to install packages into python. Asn example is http://www.clearskyinstitute.com/xephem/. I have no idea how to do this. I have viewed a variety of sites to help, but none really explain how someone with no clue can do this. Any leads welcome. Thanks |
| | Hi, I have been subclassing namedtuple to handle my custom data type: fields=['Query', 'u1', 'Accession] Old = namedtuple('Old', fields, verbose=False) class New(Old): def __repr__(self): return 'Overwriting works nicely' p=New('Hi',2,3) print p >>> 'Overwriting works nicely' What I want to do is to add the behavior that some of my fields … |
| | Hi guys, This is more a general discussion of methodology than a specific question. I have been working on a, the primary purpose of which is to store an oddly formatted data file (aka not you classic CSV). At the end of the day, the data is stored in a … |
| | As the title says, I have a flash drive, and a script on that flash drive. Whenever I plug my drive into my Mac OSX, I want a specific Python script that is on my drive to run, and be able to access directories on my computer. Why am I … |
| | My script is sapposed to have you choose a number and then spit out that number of 1's and 2's randomly chosen and then count and post how much.could someone help me by telling me what is wrong, i would really apreciate it, here is the script(it is a cmd … |
| | I am learning about networking and programming. I am trying to be a simple IM application. What i am trying to achieve having a server application route messages between computers over the internet creating a simple instant messenger. However i can't find any sort of tutorial for that. I want …  |
| | I am trying to call functions from a DLL `function oziRepositionWP(Number:integer;lat,lon:double):integer;stdcall; ` I have written the code in python no = c_int(1) lat = c_double(34.00962) lon = c_double(74.80067) var =windll.OziAPI.oziRepositionWP(byref(no),byref(lat),byref(lon)) But i get the message var =windll.OziAPI.oziRepositionWP(byref(no),byref(lat),byref(lon)) ValueError: Procedure probably called with not enough arguments (8 bytes missing) where am … |
| | Hi again, I'm here to ask another stupid question so I apologize. I'm going to make a calculator in Python but I've ran into a wall, with the tutorials I've been following I've only ever been taught how to add two numbers together. Never have I learned how to add … |
| | Hello python world. I am new to python. I need some help in creating a table. It is an input file as <name>,<age>,<gender>,<marks>. these items can be seperated using a ','. The test part would contain mixed spaces.. e.g Jhones can be written as __JHoneS__. but if has to return …  |
| | Hi, I have made a square that will move but there are some bugs in the movement. I can't find anything wrong with the logic which is why I need help ;) You have to press left and right to move the square. The problems with the movement are: 1: … |
| | How do you make Python accept multiple strings and break them down in an input? For example, main = input ('> ') if main == ('ECHO',some_words): print (some_words) But everytime I do that, the some_words string wouldn't be defined. Error Message: Traceback (most recent call last): File "<pyshell#7>", line 1, … |
 | Hi, I just installed PyQt Designer to start creating UI's with python, I've used WxPython and TKinter before, but never really done anything with PyQt. So for some of you this might be a very simple question that I can't seem to find with google. I really like how it … |
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